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2005 Independent Game of the Year Awards
cyrus_zuo writes "For anyone looking for something different Game Tunnel presents the 2005 Independent Game of the Year awards. Game Tunnel's list of
the Top 10 Independent
Games of the Year covers gaming from a different angle, looking at the
Independent and the Innovative. The awards also include the best of each genre
as well as technical categories. Last year's results are still available."
I really wasn't thrilled with any of thoose, it almost seems like a flash back to early games.
The pics appeared after several minutes for me.
DOwnloaded the demo, and after 20 tries, a game is always: run around until you meet the first enemy who will kill you dead in 10seconds.
I managed ONCE to get a chance encounter that actually didnt kill me...
Am i something missing or is this really like elite 1 20 years ago, only 20times more retarted and with worse graphics?
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I can't tell if any of these games were on last years list, but the Avernum and Geneforge game lines by Spiderweb Software deserve honorable mentions. I live for these games! The game play is excellent, the development of characters is fun, and the plot and background of the games are the most original I've ever seen in fantasy RPGs. Jeff Vogel spent time creating whole new worlds. Hats off to Jeff! I salute you with Demonslayer raised high!
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I've started playing Trash, an indie RTS game that came out a few months ago. I think its targetted at Starcraft fans, but has some nice, elegant game mechanics I haven't seen elsewhere that are very cool.
Check it out here: http://www.inhumangames.com/
Here's some stuff off the site:
Dec 27. Trash earns Game Tunnel's 2005 Multiplayer Game of the Year Award!
Dec 6. Indie gaming news site Game Tunnel gives Trash a 9 out of 10!
Nov 12. German language site rebell.net gives Trash's multiplayer 80/100.
Oct 29. Trash gets 4 out of 5 in review at upallnightgaming.com. "Trash puts the fun in RTS"
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Note that little item in #4's list of requirements: Java
:-)
That's right people, Tribal Trouble was created by a long-time Java programmer. Don't be surprised if more and more Indies are done in Java. Cross-Platform support comes free, and development tends to be easier and faster. Tribal Trouble wasn't the first Indie game done in Java (*cough*heresafew*cough*), and it won't be the last.
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It's only $400 (premium system, or a core + hard drive) + $6.25 (Wik is 400 points, but the minimum amount of points you can buy is 500 for $6.25). I'm also assuming you already have or want a 360 for other reasons (like Geometry Wars). If that's not the case, then of course it's not a good deal.
Besides, my comment was intended to point out how Microsoft's Live Arcade is opening up new venues to independent developers. That's cool, and I don't really see how you can spin it to be a bad thing (I'm sure you can, I just don't see how).
Or if they would just hit the coral cache once then post the original link, the cache should be up for when the site dies. Could be a silent policy change if they are still afraid of the legality of it, this way all that would happen is they would be assuring the coral cache has a copy, not specificly refering people to it or endorsing it.
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FOSS games seldomly fall into a single year and almost never get a final release
Neither does Madden NFL, which gets annual updates just like any automobile does.
The big question is how many of these games run on Linux ? And I am not talking of running them using emulation like Wine. But natively. Me being a linux user, will start buying them when they start supporting linux .
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Darwinia really is a fun game, if a bit short. The Tron-esque retro look is cool (and nostalgic, for those of us old enough to remember when Wolfenstein 3D was bleeding edge), plus it meant that they didn't have to hire legions of 3d artists to make a good game. In addition, the plot is really captivating. It introduces the player to artificial intelligence concepts like genetic algorithms (GAs) without being boring and pedagogical. And this is coming from someone whose life's work really does focus on GAs - their take on the topic was quite honestly fascinating.
But us Yanks didn't actually have to go through Steam to play it until it was released on Steam. I ordered the game the old fashioned way before its Steam release, and was able to download it from Introversion's servers as well as receive a hard copy on CD shipped from the UK.
Why they changed their distribution method, I don't know, unless it was somehow actually cheaper to use Valve as their US vendor rather than doing it the other way. Or maybe Valve is giving them promotional opportunities (i.e., advertising) that they couldn't get before.
> Only number 7?
It would have done better, if not for the high-profile competition from Intelligentdesignia.
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